Joe Biden on Global Engagement in an Age of Uncertainty
About This Event
As vice president of the United States and as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joseph R. Biden was at the forefront of American foreign policy for two decades. During this time America led endeavors to address some of the most complex and pressing global challenges, including terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and humanitarian assistance. But in recent years the nation’s appetite for such global leadership has appeared to weaken, while the alliances and the rules-based system that have underpinned international order since World War Two have begun to fracture. What might be the consequences of America’s disengagement from the world? And why, despite this uncertain global outlook, does Biden remain optimistic about America’s future? Join the Council on Global Affairs, the Penn Biden Center, and Vice President Biden for a conversation on American leadership in a world of uncertainty.
Context
Background reading and multimedia:
- This is What More Than a Million Miles with the Vice President Looks Like:
David Lienemann, Medium, February 10, 2016 - We Are Living Through a Battle for the Soul of This Nation
Joe Biden, The Atlantic, August 27, 2017 - Joe Biden: Reclaiming America's Values
Joe Biden, The New York Times, September 14,2017 - What Americans Think About America First: 2017 Chicago Council Survey of American Public Opinion on Foreign Policy
Dina Smeltz, Ivo Daalder, Karl Friedhof, & Craig Kafura, October 2, 2017
